Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 31, 1842

Item Description

Title

Letter to Nathan and Mary Hill, July 31, 1842

Creator

Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853

Published: August 21, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections

Description

Letter to daughter and son-in-law. Topics include attendance at
a church meeting in the Representatives Hall in the Capitol with a eulogy
for Rev. Cookman, a former chaplain of Congress who was lost on the
steamship President; Senate debate on the Tariff Bill and the unlikelihood
that it will be altered much from the version passed in the House; expected
veto of the Tariff Bill by President Tyler; Locofoco (Democrat) opposition
to the Tariff Bill; treaty between United States and Great Britain.